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Old July 28th 04, 10:42 PM
Steve
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Original Message:

Okay, I got BootItNG to create a new partition on a second harddrive in
the hope that I could setup a new pristine Win98 and get a snapshot of it
before Microsoft pulls the support plug. My problem is the CD I got from
Dell wants to install over the old 98. It is not asking me where I want to
install it. Is it possible to put 98 into a new partion?


TIA

Steve

Thanks for the help. I can do the hard drive swap. But I'm a little weak on
how to install Win98 on a HD without an operating system. What will happen
when try to boot up? Will I get DOS? Should I use my handy dandy custom boot
floppy with DOS on it and run setup? In answering assume total ignorance : )


Steve

P.S. I've read some of your other posts and I just want to say, I'm glad
you're out there.



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Old July 28th 04, 11:23 PM
Gary S. Terhune
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What kind of Dell CD do you have? Some are normal Windows 98 installation CDs,
in which case you use a true Windows Startup floppy disk to begin, since it has
CD drivers. Unless your "custom boot floppy" is a true Windows Startup Disk for
Win98 or later it won't probably work for this.

You boot to the floppy, partition and/or format if necessary, then note where
the CD drive letter is (let's call it X), then run X:\SETUP.

If you have a Dell all-in-one bootable CD, then you have all you need, except
possibly you need to change the boot order in BIOS. Just boot to the CD and
follow instructions.

Anything you don't understand about that?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Original Message:

Okay, I got BootItNG to create a new partition on a second harddrive in
the hope that I could setup a new pristine Win98 and get a snapshot of it
before Microsoft pulls the support plug. My problem is the CD I got from
Dell wants to install over the old 98. It is not asking me where I want to
install it. Is it possible to put 98 into a new partion?


TIA

Steve

Thanks for the help. I can do the hard drive swap. But I'm a little weak on
how to install Win98 on a HD without an operating system. What will happen
when try to boot up? Will I get DOS? Should I use my handy dandy custom boot
floppy with DOS on it and run setup? In answering assume total ignorance : )


Steve

P.S. I've read some of your other posts and I just want to say, I'm glad
you're out there.




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Old July 28th 04, 11:28 PM
Hugh Candlin
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Steve wrote in message ...

Thanks for the help. I can do the hard drive swap. But I'm a little weak on
how to install Win98 on a HD without an operating system. What will happen
when try to boot up? Will I get DOS? Should I use my handy dandy custom boot
floppy with DOS on it and run setup? In answering assume total ignorance : )


On any computer:

01 Create a new text file
02 Copy the following statements into it
[You may have to adjust the CDROM drive letter E:
to suit your hardware configuration - if so, do so.]

SYS C:
LH C:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001
MD C:\WINDOWS
MD C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS
MD C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS
E:
CD \WIN98
COPY E:\WIN98\*.* C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS
C:
CD \WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS
SETUP

03 Save this file as W98CABIT.BAT on your Windows 98 boot disk.

On your computer

01 Boot to the DOS prompt using the Windows 98 boot disk.
02 Partition and format the hard drive,
making sure that you select the option to copy the system files
when you format, so that the hard drive is bootable.
03 Copy the contents of the boot floppy to the hard drive.
04 Remove the boot floppy disk.
05 Put the Win 98 operating system CD into the CD-ROM drive.
06 Boot to the hard drive's DOS prompt.
07 Run W98CABIT, (type RUN W98CABIT,
which will copy the WIN98 files to the hard drive
and will then run the Setup from the hard drive.

Once the install is complete, you will not have to keep reinserting
the WIN98 CD when you make a system configuration change.
Instead, the System File Checker entry in the Registry
will be set to point to the Windows Options Cabs folder.

After you have installed Windows a few times, it gets simple,
and you will wonder why it ever seemed complicated.


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Old July 29th 04, 12:17 AM
Ron Badour
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Default Gary Terhune

Use BING to hide the existing system. Then boot to the new partition and
BING will ask you if you want to install a system.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Steve" wrote in message
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Original Message:

Okay, I got BootItNG to create a new partition on a second harddrive in
the hope that I could setup a new pristine Win98 and get a snapshot of it
before Microsoft pulls the support plug. My problem is the CD I got from
Dell wants to install over the old 98. It is not asking me where I want to
install it. Is it possible to put 98 into a new partion?


TIA

Steve

Thanks for the help. I can do the hard drive swap. But I'm a little weak

on
how to install Win98 on a HD without an operating system. What will happen
when try to boot up? Will I get DOS? Should I use my handy dandy custom

boot
floppy with DOS on it and run setup? In answering assume total ignorance

: )


Steve

P.S. I've read some of your other posts and I just want to say, I'm glad
you're out there.





 




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